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Ed Boland worked in Yales admissions office before becoming Preps head of external affairs. (He left Prep in 2018.) He first heard about Prep, he told me, during the admissions season of 1989. Everybody had a vague sense of what a prospective Yale student looked like, he said. Theyve got grades like this, and scores like this, and attended a summer camp in Maine with a Native American name, and worked at a soup kitchen in France, and had internships at their fathers bank, he said. These experiences are how we have shaped our leadership class for a very long time. He went on, But, on this particular afternoon in 89, there was this whole crop of kids who had the same kind of Park Avenue pedigree, but with outer-borough addresses. This was not, I hate to say it, your typical scholarship kid. These kids were every bit as strong, and every bit as credentialledand Im not just talking grades and scores. The whole package was very Park Avenue. Prep had helped its students not only do well at demanding schools but also signify a kind of social standing. Prep for Prep is like a stimulus package for an individual, Jack told me. My friends often joke that, instead of a rich parent or a working social safety net, we had Prep.

In 2002, I left New York City for Vermont, to attend Middlebury. There, I learned what a Wasp was. I met kids who had gone to East Coast boarding schools and their analogues in the Midwest and San Francisco. They wore Patagonia fleeces and drank entire glasses of milk at meals. They carried Nalgenes full of water which never seemed to empty. They were friendlier than I knew what to do with.

I also met black kids from other statesNorth Carolina, Washington, Massachusettswho belonged to the suburban middle class. We couldnt read one another: they came from families richer than mine, but my education had been tonier. Many of the black Middlebury students who came from New York had attended segregated public high schools in Harlem and the outer boroughs. A few had applied to Middlebury directly, but most had come through programs like the Posse Foundation. (Equality, I was learning, depends so much on mediation, at every step along the way.) These other New Yorkers mostly seemed smarter than I was, but they had not spent the previous several years being initiated into upper-crust education and its folkways. In my early days on campus, I was told more than once, by basically nice white classmates, how much different my speaking voice was from those of the other kids from New York theyd met. What this meant, I knew, was that I sounded, to their ears, sort of white, and that the others didnt.

The academic work wasnt any harder than it had been at Horace Mann, but, by my sophomore year, something in my approach to it had unscrewed itself, fallen loose. I was still diligent about artsinging and doing my best in plays and beginning, tentatively, to writebut, that spring, I stopped going to class, and let late essays pile up. After a flunked semester, I was sent home to New York for a probationary term: I would take classes at Hunter College, part of the City University system; if I earned a B average, I could return to Middlebury. I went home, got the Bs, and headed back north. Then I found out mid-semester that I was going to be a father, and I promptly flunked out again.

Twenty years old, frazzled, living with my mother, and in terrifying need of a job, I landed a low-level position at a hospital. On the day I was supposed to start, I couldnt will myself to go. Maybe I was feeling squeamish about the blood and shit that my interviewer, a kind-looking black woman, had taken pains to inform me, in a dont-act-surprised-when-you-show-up tone of voice, would be a constant part of the job. Or perhaps it was the way that shed said, with something like suspicion, but also with something like concern, Do you think youre maybe overqualified? Im surprised you want this job. As if, really, she meant to say, It looks like youre on a much different path from this one. Keep going.

My daughter was born in the fall of 2005, when I shouldve been a college senior. I got another job interview, at a well-known education nonprofit in Harlem. The interviewer was tall and heavyset and wore a T-shirt bearing the nonprofits name in bright letters. As he looked at my rsum, he dragged his eyebrow upward, squinching his forehead into folds. In the summers between school years at Middlebury, Id worked as a teaching assistant at Prep. Im sure that was really nice, he said. Lotta smart kids. I knew where this was headed. But, you know, real classroomsclassrooms like oursarent really like that. Have you ever broken up a fight? Had a kid curse at you?

It is an odd feeling to watch yourself be seenor, worse, read. I was being interpreted, reasonably but not totally accurately, according to the schools Id gone to and the kinds of jobs Id had. I didnt feel like a member of the class to which my education said I was someday supposed to belong. I felt like what I was: young, black, jobless, an unmarried father. I wanted to tell those interviewers that I was afraid.

Then Prep stepped back into my life. Luck. A stimulus package. I got a job at the programs headquarters, a brownstone on West Seventy-first Street, shuffling papers in the basement. The job required focus, bureaucratic speed, and an ability to communicate regularly and clearly with a Prep administrator whom Id known since I was a kid. I was not good at this job. Piles of paper turned my desk into a model skyline. Information went unfiled, spreadsheets unfilled. Whatever Id learned at school, it hadnt been this.

So Prep recommended me as a tutor for the teen-age son of a black investment banker who was on Preps board of directors. The banker paid me directly, by the hour, and I sent him occasional e-mail updates on his sons progress. We read plays and short stories and articles from the sports pages, and ran through long sets of simple algebra. The kid didnt like to concentrate; I could relate. One day, I got a call from his stepmother, who was from Chicago. She was supporting a young Illinois senator who was preparing to run for President. His campaign was setting up a fund-raising office in New York, and theyd need an assistant. I knew that I was stumbling into another unmerited adventure. Without having finished college, I rode the first Obama campaign all the way to Washington, D.C., where I worked at the Democratic National Committee, raising money, and then at the White House, where I helped recruit minor functionaries to work at Cabinet agencies. On Friday evenings, Id throw clothes into a duffel and catch a BoltBus home to hang out with my daughterand to spend most of each Saturday on the Upper East Side, pecking away at a degree from Hunter College.

I had run up student-loan debt at Middlebury, and I was paying my way through Hunter credit by credit, up front and in cash. Some semesters, out of fatigue or because I was flat broke, I gave up school entirely. Once or twice, I convinced myself that I should quit, that Id made a fine beginning for myselfunreasonably fine, given the circumstancesas a college dropout. But something about the difficulty of this arrangement, and its maddening slowness, helped me focus. At Hunter, what I learned, I learned well, and in a hungry way I hadnt really experienced since high school. It was the first time since fifth grade that Id attended a public school. I wasnt advancing anyones notion of diversity. My classmates were New Yorkers, and therefore from everywhere. Everybody had at least one job, and lots of them had two or three. Nobody strolled across a quad to classHunter has no grassand everybody was always on the train. Many of my teachers were adjuncts, shuttling between one city campus and another; they managed, mostly, to project total sincerity about the subjects at hand. Nobody complained when, lacking a babysitter, I sometimes brought my kid to class. Nothing depended on my presence. I didnt signify.

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ST. CLOUD --An app used by local law enforcement officers has the potential to help seniors with dementiastay in their homes longer.

"Memory Loss and Public Safety" is the topic of Thursday's ACT on Alzheimer's program. The once-monthly info session, held at the Whitney Senior Center, covers a variety of topics on living with memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer's.

St. Cloud Police Sergeant Tad Hoeschen says this month, officers will be on hand to talk about Vitals, a mobile app that stores important information about vulnerable people and shares it with law enforcement. Information loaded into the app can include a person'snicknames, emergency contact information, triggers, typical behaviors, or detailed instructions for working withthem in a crisis situation.

An officer is alerted when the Vitals app is activated and within 80 feet of the person, says Hoeschen.

"We just encountered a gentleman not too long ago who suffers from dementia," Hoeschen explained. "His information includes, 'I get confused; here's what happens when I get confused; here's what I may look like.' All that stuff may be in there to help officers relate to them as good as we can."

Laura Hood, Whitney's Director of Aging Services, says ACT on Alzheimer's is an essential program, as one in three seniors age 85 and older suffers from some form of dementia.

"We've got a lot of people over 80 in this community," Hood said. "They're vibrant, and healthy and they're moving around. But, that risk factor increases at that age, and it can be very problematic when you're trying to navigate everyday life."

Hood says the topic of Alzheimer's and public safety relates to more than just the work of law enforcement officers.

"How can we as neighbors be more supportive?" said Hood. "For instance, I should be aware of the fact that my next-door neighbor has memory loss. And, his wife may be running out for groceries, and I should be keeping an eye out and notice that hes now walking down the street in his stocking feet.

Along with police officers, ACT will have experts on hand to discuss how to handle the sensitive topic of safe driving for seniors.

"At what point do we make the decision to give up that drivers license?" asked Hood. "What does that conversation look like? Maybe its okay to just drive to the grocery store or church. Its a very difficult thing.

Hood says the overall purpose of ACT month over month is to helpseniors with memory loss issuesremain as independent as possible - for as long as possible.

"It's where you're going to be the most comfortable," Hood said. "It's the most economical place for you to be, and it's more than likely where your support system is. That's the whole initiative of ACT on Alzheimer's."

ACT on Alzheimer's is Thursday, March 5 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. It's free and open to seniors, family members, caregivers and any interested community members. For more information, call 320-255-7245.

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A small study in England reinforces the idea that exercise should be part of the plan to lower weight. Some of the new exercisers, while saying they still like cookies, were less likely to want the cookie. Public health news is on food label information, rare diseases, clinical trial data, sodium in sports drinks, eating disorders, cognitive screening debate, and E. coli outbreaks, as well.

The New York Times:How Exercise Might Affect Our Food Choices, And Our WeightTaking up exercise could alter our feelings about food in surprising and beneficial ways, according to a compelling new study of exercise and eating. The study finds that novice exercisers start to experience less desire for fattening foods, a change that could have long-term implications for weight control. The study also shows, though, that different people respond quite differently to the same exercise routine and the same foods, underscoring the complexities of the relationship between exercise, eating and fat loss. (Reynolds, 2/26)

The New York Times:Are Foods Labeled Low Sugar Misleading Consumers?The label on Honest Teas organic peach-flavored iced tea has a reassuring message for people who want a beverage that is not too sugary: Just a Tad Sweet, the label states. But a single serving of the beverage, the amount in one 16.9 ounce bottle, has 25 grams of added sugar, equivalent to six teaspoons of table sugar. That is half the daily limit for added sugar intake recommended by the federal government. (O'Connor, 2/26)

Stat:College Student With Progerioa Is Heartened By Medical AdvancesIn many ways, Emerson College freshman Meghan Waldron seems like a lot of students in Boston. She adores pop star Ed Sheeran. She loved the latest film version of Little Women and wants to see it 10 more times... She also has progeria, one of the worlds rarest diseases. The fatal genetic disorder causes premature aging and has been identified in only 169 children and young adults alive today worldwide, although researchers estimate that as many as 400 have it. (Saltzman, 2/25)

Stat:Clinical Trial Sponsors Must Publish 10 Years Of Missing Data, Judge RulesFor years, government research agencies have misinterpreted a law that requires them to collect and post clinical trial data, a federal judge ruled this week, leaving behind a 10-year gap in data that now must be made publicly available. Now, potentially hundreds of universities, drug companies, and medical device manufacturers are on the hook to release previously unpublished data. (Facher, 2/25)

Reuters:Sports Drinks Cannot Assure Healthy Sodium Levels In Endurance AthletesElite runners often turn to sports drinks to keep essential minerals in balance, but a new study shows these products can actually contribute to a dangerous medical condition when temperatures are high. The best way to avoid life-threatening hyponatremia - when the body's sodium levels dip dangerously low - is by training better, keeping fit, and avoiding excess water or sports drink consumption, researchers report in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. (2/25)

NBC News:Stereotypes Around Eating Disorders Keep People From Seeking The Treatment They NeedLauren Chan has been in the fashion industry long enough to have a strong opinion about how it contributes to disordered eating. The 29-year old is a former plus-size model and editor at Glamour magazine and says that fashion, entertainment and the media perpetuate the myth of an idealized body type that for most people, is unattainable. We see 5,000 ads a day, all featuring the same kind of image, she says. The message we receive is clear, but if you look around at the people in your life, very few look like that. (Loudin, 2/25)

Kaiser Health News:U.S. Medical Panel Thinks Twice About Pushing Cognitive Screening For DementiaA leading group of medical experts on Tuesday declined to endorse cognitive screening for older adults, fueling a debate that has simmered for years. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said it could neither recommend nor oppose cognitive screening, citing insufficient scientific evidence of the practices benefits and harms and calling for further studies. The task forces work informs policies set by Medicare and private insurers. Its recommendations, an accompanying scientific statement and two editorials were published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Graham, 2/25)

Kaiser Health News:Trusting Injection Drug Users With IV Antibiotics At Home: It Can WorkTwo mornings a week, Arthur Jackson clears space on half of his cream-colored sofa. He sets out a few rolls of tape and some gauze, then waits for a knock on his front door. This is Brendas desk, Jackson said with a chuckle. Brenda Mastricola is his visiting nurse. After she arrives at Jacksons home in Boston, she joins him on the couch and starts by taking his blood pressure. Then she changes the bandages on Jacksons right foot. (Bebinger, 2/26)

Chicago Tribune:FDA Sends Warning Letter To Jimmy John'sThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter Tuesday to sandwich maker Jimmy Johns and one of its suppliers, saying vegetables the restaurant chain served in the past seven years are linked to five outbreaks of E. coli and salmonella. The agency accused Champaign-based Jimmy Johns of engaging in a pattern of receiving and offering for sale adulterated fresh produce, including clover sprouts and cucumbers. (Jimenez, 2/25)

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Taihos in-licensing facilitates global development and commercialization of zimberelimab as a monotherapy and as a combination backbone for Arcuss and Taihos oncology portfolios

Zimberelimab exhibits clinical activity and a safety profile consistent with those of currently approved anti-PD-1 therapies

Broad development program delivering randomized data in 2020 for zimberelimab in multiple novel combinations, including with AB154, Arcuss anti-TIGIT antibody, and with AB928, the first and only dual A2a/A2b adenosine receptor antagonist in the clinic

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Arcus Biosciences. (NYSE:RCUS), an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company working to create best-in-class cancer therapies, and Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., (Taiho), today announced Taihos exercise of its option to exclusively license zimberelimab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, from Arcus Biosciences for commercialization in Japan and certain other territories in Asia (excluding China). This is Taihos second exercise of an Arcus program and follows their 2018 decision to license AB928, the first and only dual A2a/A2b adenosine receptor antagonist in the clinic.

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We are happy to expand our collaboration with Arcus, with their ability to produce exceptional molecules and to thoughtfully execute on unique trial designs, said Masayuki Kobayashi, President and Representative Director at Taiho. This next stage in the partnership between our two companies further reinforces Taihos commitment in developing and delivering new treatment options to patients in need.

Taiho has been a great partner for Arcus, and we highly value the long-term relationship that we have built with our colleagues at Taiho, said Terry Rosen, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Arcus. This second option exercise provides additional opportunities to fully leverage the therapeutic potential of our portfolio of clinical programs. We look forward to multiple AB928 and zimberelimab expansion study readouts starting in mid-2020 and to early randomization data prior to the end of the year.

Zimberelimab has demonstrated a favorable safety profile as monotherapy and in combination with other agents, including AB928 and AB154. Zimberelimab is part of a broad development program with Arcuss lead asset, AB928, in clinical studies that include prostate, colorectal, non-small cell lung, pancreatic, triple negative breast and renal cell cancers. In addition, zimberelimab is currently in a randomized Phase 2 study for the treatment of first-line metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, evaluating zimberelimab in combination with AB154, Arcuss anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibody, with and without AB928.

Arcus licensed zimberelimab in 2017 from WuXi Biologics to provide flexibility and optionality for clinical development of innovative precision combination regimens and potential commercialization. Arcus holds worldwide rights to zimberelimab excluding China and Thailand. Gloria Biosciences, which licensed the rights to zimberelimab for China, recently presented data from its independent development of zimberelimab that demonstrated impressive anti-tumor activity in classical Hodgkins lymphoma. In January 2020, Gloria Biosciences submitted its application to the Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to seek marketing approval in this indication.

In December 2019, Arcus received a payment from Taiho for the exercise of its option to license zimberelimab, and Arcus is eligible to receive additional clinical, regulatory and commercialization milestones of up to $275 million, as well as royalties on net sales, for this program.

About Zimberelimab

Zimberelimab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, was in-licensed by Arcus to enable the development of precision combination regimens with full line-of-sight to the commercialization of innovative therapies for all patients who may benefit. Clinical studies with zimberelimab have demonstrated clinical activity and a safety profile that are consistent with those of currently approved anti-PD-1 therapies. The most advanced study with zimberelimab is a randomized Phase 2 study for the treatment of first-line metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, evaluating zimberelimab in combination with AB154, an anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibody, with or without AB928, the first and only dual A2a/A2b adenosine receptor antagonist in the clinic. Zimberelimab is also being evaluated as a monotherapy in a tumor-agnostic, biomarker-selected Phase 1b trial for cancers with no approved anti-PD-1 treatment options.

About AB928

AB928, the first and only dual A2a/A2b adenosine receptor antagonist in the clinic, is designed to maximally inhibit the adenosine-driven impairment of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (mainly T cells and NK cells) and myeloid cells (dendritic cells, macrophages), mediated by A2a receptor and A2b receptor, respectively. A2b is also upregulated in certain tumors, such as in KRAS-mutated cancers. As a result, AB928 may uniquely block adenosines immunosuppressive and cancer cell-intrinsic effects. Developed specifically for the oncology setting, AB928 achieves high penetration of tumor tissue, robust potency in the presence of high adenosine concentrations, and minimal shift in potency from non-specific plasma protein binding. AB928 has demonstrated a favorable safety profile with a variety of combination regimens and exhibits pharmacokinetics / pharmacodynamics consistent with once-daily dosing. AB928 is currently being evaluated in several Phase 1b/2 studies across multiple indications.

About the Taiho Agreement

Arcus and Taiho entered into an option and license agreement in September 2017 pursuant to which Arcus granted Taiho an exclusive option, over a five-year period, to in-license the development and commercialization rights to clinical-stage product candidates from Arcuss portfolio for Japan and certain other territories in Asia (excluding China). Taiho is obligated to pay an option exercise payment for each option exercise, with the amount dependent on the development stage of the applicable Arcus program for which the option is exercised. In addition, Taiho is obligated to pay to Arcus clinical, regulatory and commercialization milestones of up to $275 million per program as well as royalties on net sales in Taihos territories.

About Arcus Biosciences

Arcus Biosciences is an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company leveraging its deep cross-disciplinary expertise to discover highly differentiated therapies and to develop a broad portfolio of novel combinations addressing significant unmet needs. AB928, the first and only dual A2a/A2b adenosine receptor antagonist in the clinic, is being evaluated in several Phase 1b/2 studies across multiple indications, including prostate, colorectal, non-small cell lung, pancreatic, triple negative breast and renal cell cancers. AB680, the first CD73 small-molecule inhibitor in the clinic, is in Phase 1/1b development for the treatment of first-line metastatic pancreatic cancer. AB154, an anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibody, is in randomized Phase 2 development for the treatment of first-line metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in combination with zimberelimab and AB928. Zimberelimab (AB122), Arcuss anti-PD1 monoclonal antibody, is being evaluated in a Phase 1b study as monotherapy for cancers with no approved anti-PD1 treatment options, as well as in combinations across the portfolio. For more information about Arcus Biosciences, please visit http://www.arcusbio.com.

About Taiho Pharmaceutical

Taiho Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd., is an R&D-driven specialty pharma focusing on the three fields of oncology, allergy and immunology, and urology. Its corporate philosophy takes the form of a pledge: We strive to improve human health and contribute to a society enriched by smiles. In the field of oncology in particular, Taiho Pharmaceutical is known as a leading company in Japan for developing innovative medicines for the treatment of cancer, a reputation that is rapidly expanding through their extensive global R&D efforts. In areas other than oncology, as well, the company creates and markets quality products that effectively treat medical conditions and can help improve people's quality of life. Always putting customers first, Taiho Pharmaceutical also aims to offer consumer healthcare products that support people's efforts to lead fulfilling and rewarding lives. For more information about Taiho Pharmaceutical, please visit: https://www.taiho.co.jp/en/.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained herein, including, but not limited to, any potential benefits from Taihos option exercise of zimberelimab and the timing of any data or other anticipated milestones in Arcuss clinical trials, are forward-looking statements reflecting the current beliefs and expectations of management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause Arcuss actual results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from those expressed or implied. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the inherent uncertainty associated with pharmaceutical product development and clinical trials, delays in clinical trials due to difficulties or delays in the regulatory process, enrolling subjects or manufacturing or supplying product for such clinical trials, the emergence of adverse events or other undesirable side effects, and changes in the competitive landscape for our programs. Risks and uncertainties facing Arcus are described more fully in Arcuss quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 filed on November 5, 2019 with the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Arcus disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update, supplement or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release.

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Its no secret that the Peloton boom is in full effect, with connected fitness equipment ranging from smart bikes to treadmills, rowing machines, boxing bags, and weight training stations. While they all feature some kind of streamable fitness class that you can watch from the device as you work out, one thing theyre all missing is the ability to tell you if youre doing the exercise properly.

Tempo is pitching something different. Yes, its yet another connected fitness machine that has classes you can stream live or on-demand, but it comes with Microsofts Azure Kinect built in to track your form in real time during each exercise. The armoire-shaped machine has a 42-inch HD touchscreen display that streams videos in 4K and offers classes ranging from HIIT, strength training, cardio, and yoga. It also has storage racks behind and below the screen to hold barbells, weighted plates, a foam roller, a wrist-worn heart rate monitor, and a yoga mat that all come as part of the starter kit.

While Tempo does have a camera and microphone built into the machine, the company says these features arent activated out of the box. It uses solely the Azure Kinect camera to watch the users form and employs dots to plot the users movements, locating their muscles and joints to ensure each lift, squat, and slide is done properly.

In my brief demo with Tempo, it automatically told me to sit back a bit more during a squat so my knees didnt go over my toes. Once I corrected this form, the on-screen prompt also told me I was now doing it right and moved on with the exercise. At the end of the exercise session, you can go over a summary of the exercises you did and whether they required any feedback to correct your form for next time. If you never corrected your form during the exercise, you can also click on the feedback to watch a tutorial video of what youre actually supposed to be doing.

As you can see in the GIF below, Tempo located my bones and joints and tracked each movement in real time (including the moment I purposely tried to trigger the AI by leaning back too far on a bicep curl). It also anonymizes my face and what I was wearing by using solely dotted plots.

One thing I appreciated with Tempo is that the classes are done in tandem with the coaches themselves. This was something I found less personable and repetitive with Tonal, a weight training system that uses prerecorded exercise videos to loop users through their sets. Tempo also focuses on doing the exercise correctly versus doing a specified amount of reps, though the machine does suggest weights and how many reps you should aim for based on your initial strength test, its more about how many you do right within the 30- to 60-second allotted time period per exercise. The computer vision also helps to count those reps and shows on-screen how many youve done.

As with most other smart fitness equipment, Tempo does come with a monthly content subscription fee of $39 on top of the equipment price of $1,995 plus tax and shipping / installation. At this time, Tempo only offers one live class daily, but it promises to regularly update the library with new programs and one-off sessions. You can also use the app to browse the schedule and save any class or programs you want to do and add them automatically to your calendar.

Tempos starter pack comes with a standard set of weights that add up to 100 pounds when attached to the 25-pound barbell, but Tempo says users can use their own plates if they want something heavier since the barbell is standard sized and isnt proprietary. Similarly, users can also use their own dumbbells for exercises if they elect not to use the included set.

Tempo launches today and can be reserved with a $250 deposit. It will ship this summer first in the Bay Area and globally in the following few months.

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Have you ever thought about how many times you train in a gym? If you've squatted once a week for two years in a conventional 3x10 rep scheme, you've squatted in a gym nearly five thousand times.

Sounds boring.

The reversibility of training effect drives many of us to stay consistent in our training. Stop training and you get weaker, keep going and you at least stay the same. Successful athletes train the longest. The challenge arises when potential progress is overshadowed by the apathy that comes with going to the same place to do the same exercises in the same order until the end of time.

Below we've pulled together a few methods to avoid boredom at the gym. These aren't prescriptive- just tools to get your creative juices flowing when you're just not feeling like training.

ACTION: Download a timing app on your phone or invest in a stopwatch to ensure that you are always on the ball with your rest periods.

WHY: Rest intervals dictate the quality of the training set, and adherence to them can keep you focused during training while also helping you see improved results.

ACTION: Choose wisely here, as finding someone who truly supports your training can reap impressive rewards. Not only will they spot you during maximal sets but if you pick the right person, they'll help you with Method 1 by telling you to shut up once in a while and get back to work.

WHY: This article outlines the benefits of having a spotter during the Bench Press. This can easily be extrapolated out to apply to other exercises. Improved performance simply by having a buddy around should not be ignored.

ACTION: Use a four-week training block.

WHY: Long programs are hard for everybody. They're hard to write from a coach's perspective and hard to adhere to from a training perspective. Using four-week training blocks can provide the glorious feelings of starting and finishing a training block more frequently. Everybody tries hard during the first and last few weeks of a training program.

ACTION: Remove the headphones.

WHY: Always listening to music while training can lead someone to feel alone at the gym. If you've never heard yourself breathe hard due to the Metallica crushing your stereocilia, take the Beats off for a training session and get in touch with your training environment.

ACTION: Reverse Anti-Boredom Method 4.

WHY: If you always train with the sound of strangers' breathing filling your ears, take a walk on the wild side and see if Kelly Clarkson can't re-motivate your training sessions.

ACTION: I get it, attending group fitness can sound like a death sentence. A generic program for you? After all the attention you spend on your training? What a ridiculous idea.

WHY: Adam Virgile, a sport scientist formerly with the New York Rangers and now teaching at the University of Vermont, talks about a study showing improved motivation to exercise with no negative effects toward muscle size or strength when introducing exercise variation into a training program. You can find it here.

Group fitness can pay dividends by introducing exercise variation into your program, helping you with tightening up rest periods without individual effort. It also surrounds you with some new people who are, from experience, extremely high energy. If you don't like an exercise in a given class, ask for a substitution. Group fitness instructors love when people who are serious about their training attend their classes.

ACTION: Try out a few "free assessment" days or ask friends for referrals.

WHY: A personal trainer provides an assessment, program and accountability to you. Having someone write your program for you can take the guesswork out and allow you to just train and have fun! As a personal trainer I train a number of other personal trainers for exactly this reason.

Even if you are an accomplished program writer, constantly doing your own programs can lead to a lack of adherence, a "blinder" effect to new training concepts and above all, boredom.

ACTION: Same as Method 7 with new people!

WHY: If you're finding yourself bored with a program, provide that feedback to your trainer and see if there are any adjustments made. If not, then they aren't listening to you anyway.

This method should be used as a last resort, as for the most part personal trainers do a great job switching up their programming and keeping clientele involved.

Go find yourself a good one! They're all over the place.

These eight methods to avoid boredom at the gym are tools to get your creative juices flowing. When you're just not feeling your training program, remember it's not a sprint- Successful athletes train the longest.

Regardless of the training program that you're on, the success you find within the gym will be directly related to your ability to stay in it. If boredom is crushing your heart and soul as you drive yourself to the gym after a long day of work or particular short bout of sleep, try some of these methods to rejuvenate your training.

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'Wellness' programs are more popular than ever. They're ineffective at best, harmful at worst.

At the hospital where Christina works as a physical therapist, she and her coworkers are routinely shuffled into a big conference room and measured for waist size and BMI, blood pressure and blood sugar.

If their measurements arent low enough according to the companys parameters they pay extra each month. If they pass two of the three categories, they pay less.

When I did it this year, I fasted before so my blood sugar wouldnt be high, said Christina, who asked that we change her name.

I was so nervous about some random dude measuring my waist and telling me Im too fat.

At the media company where Molly works, theres an eight-week annual wellness program, centered around either exercise or weight loss.

While its technically optional, completing the program saves her $800 annually on insurance a significant amount of money to her that doesnt feel optional. Mollys name has also been changed for this story.

Its been 12 years since The Office depicted a workplace-wide weight loss program, but the programs are more popular than ever.

In 2020, theyre titled wellness programs, though the focus is often still on weight. About 90 percent of large workplaces have them.

Theres a reason for that. In 2014, the Affordable Care Act incentivized such programs, allowing employers to raise premiums as much as 30 percent for folks who dont reach certain benchmarks.

These programs are often well-intentioned. But theres evidence that theyre not all that effective.

A 2016 study found that incentive-based wellness programs lead to virtually no change in weight.

Other studies have found no significant improvements in self-reported measures of health like sleep quality, other clinical measures of health, such as cholesterol and blood pressure, or workplace outcomes, like job performance.

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Wellness comes with risk

And while theyre often hailed as cost-saving measures, most companies dont even save any money on healthcare outcomes.

Instead, studies show workplace wellness programs lead to increased weight stigma and discrimination in the office, leaving folks feeling alienated and uncomfortable, and even less likely to believe their weight is in their control.

Weight stigma is real. Fat people are more likely to be seen as lazy and unprofessional. Surveys of recruiters indicate fat job applicants are seen as less hireable than thin candidates.

Credit: AdobeApproximately 30 million Americans suffer from an eating disorder, and eating disorders are the mental illness with the highest mortality rate.

Weight stigma can also lead to poorer medical care for fat folks and subsequently worse health outcomes.

This focus on weight in the office can also be dangerous for folks who are at risk of or personally affected by eating disorders.

We know that dieting and restricting is a major risk factor for the development of disordered eating and full-blown eating disorders, said Claire Mysko, CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association.

So when theres a focus on weight loss specifically, thats already a risk.

Disordered eating is widespread and deadly. One survey from SELF found that 65 percent of American women between the ages of 25 and 45 have disordered eating behaviors.

According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, 30 million Americans suffer from an eating disorder, and eating disorders are the mental illness with the highest mortality rate.

Only 40 percent of folks with eating disorders fully recover.

Taking weight out of the picture

Initially, many workplace wellness programs showed up as Biggest Loser-style competitions, modeled after the popular NBC TV show, pitting employees against each other to see who could lose more weight.

But today, in an era where body positivity has gone mainstream, the messaging is more subtle, packaged under wellness, a buzzword of sorts. Instead of obsessing over thinness, these programs often obsess over fitness with weight loss still as an indicator of success.

Were at a place and time where there are so many mixed messages about what it means to be healthy, Mysko said.

Wellness as an industry, at its core, still equates thinness with health, and weight loss as always good. Mysko said thats dangerous for folks who are predisposed to eating disorders.

For instance, Weight Watchers, the popular diet company that rebranded as WW last year, calls itself a campaign for wellness on the front page of its website. Meanwhile, its still a diet company, with weight loss as primary goal for its customers.

Mysko said health initiatives arent inherently bad. Exercise is healthy. But instead of running programs that focus on weight, she recommends that companies take a more holistic approach.

That means no competitions or weigh-ins, and no focus on weight loss or weight management.

When we talk about health, were also talking about mental health, she said.

Taking the emphasis away from weight and BMI, and helping people to adopt habits that are supporting all aspects of their health.

Eating disorders dont exist in a vacuum theyre tied to other mental health conditions, like depression and anxiety.

But even as weight loss is a common conversation topic, mental health in the workplace still feels taboo.

Ignoring mental health also comes with a cost between $80 and $100 billion annually, according to Forbes. And its incredibly common, with one in five adults experiencing mental illness each year.

NEDA recommends talking to your HR department if youre concerned about your workplace wellness program.

By Gretchen Brown

Gretchen is an editor for Rewire. Shes into public media, music and really good coffee. Email her at gbrown@rewire.org, or follow her on Twitter @gretch_brown.

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Exercise and adaptive sports have been proven to build resiliency among wounded veterans. Through new purpose, unwavering support, rekindled determination, and a focus on ability and not disability, these warriors can heal. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported that 13,000 people had been killed in the Ukraine conflict as of 2019. Upward of 30,000 soldiers have been badly wounded since the war began in 2014.

These injured soldiers come back with burns covering much of their bodies, extensive brain damage, and chronic phantom pains from amputations. Around half of them are also suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Once home, their new war is just beginning.

The Ukrainian government struggles to provide basic care for these veterans, with private non-profits often stepping in to pay for things like prosthetics. Seeking help for mental health illnesses, like PTSD, carries a strong stigma for Ukrainian society. Psychologists and non-profit wounded warrior programs in Ukraine have been working hard to change that.

In 2015, Col. (Dr.) Vsevolod Stebliuk introduced the first complex psychological and physical program for the rehabilitation of war veterans at Irpin Military Hospital in Ukraine. It's there that veterans are introduced to things like exercise therapy to build resiliency. Wounded Warrior Ukraine also teaches PTSD workshops, deep breathing and exercise therapy to Ukrainian veterans.

In 2017 the Ukraine team made its debut at the Invictus Games. This was monumental for these veterans who were struggling with devastating visible and invisible wounds from war. The Invictus Games helped them by not only building a community of support, but by giving them purpose and passion through adaptive sports. The word "Invictus" is Latin for unconquered implying that although forever changed by war, they will not be overcome.

Marsha Gonzales, a retired United States Air Force veteran and current Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) Branch Chief for Warrior Care Support, is the manager of Team US for the 2020 Invictus Games. While at a meeting for the games, she met the manager for Team Ukraine, Oksana Horbach. Horbach shared with Gonzales her concern for her team, as Ukraine did not have the same access to financial resources as other countries. Gonzales decided to help.

When discussing different options of support, Gonzales remembered that AFW2 had equipment that was to be recycled. It was at this moment that AFW2 helped establish Team Ukraine's first-ever wheelchair basketball team to compete in the 2020 Invictus Games.

Ten specialized wheelchairs were delivered to Ukraine in February, and with them came two AFW2 coaches and five sports ambassadors to not only train the Ukrainians with sport-specific knowledge, but also directly engage with local veterans. The AFW2 group visited the Ministry of Veteran's Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and engaged with local media to share stories of resilience through adaptive sports.

According to Gonzales, many tears were shed during the visits with veterans. She shared that while visiting veterans in one local hospital, it was hard not to be overcome by their stories. American Veterans who came on the trip with AFW2 also felt an overwhelming sense of appreciation for the care and support they receive in the United States. All involved wished there was more they could do for these incredible Ukrainian veterans.

One Ukrainian veteran shared during a visit that they had just received word of increased fighting, and that some of their friends had been killed. Gonzales said it was hard to remain unemotional, knowing that not far away, more Ukrainian soldiers were dying in the conflict.

While providing wheelchairs and giving their time might not seem like much to some, to the Ukrainians it was everything. "We are giving these veterans hope for their future," Gonzales said.

Team US co-captain, retired Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joshua Smith, was one of the ambassadors on the international trip. He made a Facebook post on Feb. 22 sharing that the visit was a humbling and profound experience for him and others taking part.

"Letting other wounded, ill, and injured service members/disabled veterans know that we can adapt, overcome, and persevere with absolute resiliency in the face of challenges, obstacles, and trials we suffer due to military service for our countries," he wrote.

Smith said that they went into this trip with Team Ukraine appearing very unsure of why they were there to help. However, by the time AFW2 left, Ukrainian veterans were referring to them as "our Americans."

It was no longer Team US and Team Ukraine it was "Our Team."

To see all of the things AFW2 is doing to support wounded warriors, click here. Also, check out Team Ukraine's Invictus Team page.

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There is still time to get some new healthy habits in place for the new year. Amanda Reid, Recreation Supervisor Douglas County Community & Senior Center encourages all seniors to get moving this year.

Here at the Center, we have many choices and opportunities for fitness and activity for those of all ages and ability levels, says Reid. Have you tried any of these options? Free Senior Walking, Court and Pickleball times, twice a day Monday through Friday, allow you to take a step in the right direction, get active and improve your health.

Other choices include:

Senior Resistance Exercise Class, offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. These classes are free and are geared toward increasing mobility and strength.

Boxing for Life, offered Monday and Thursday afternoons, is a boxing and exercise program for those living with neurological disorders. It has become a favorite for class participants as well as anyone who walks by and takes a peek into the room.

Senior Tap Classes (for beginners or intermediate dancers) held on Thursday afternoons allow you to dance your way to fitness while enjoying different genres of music.

Senior Line Dancing, held on Tuesday mornings, allows you to learn different line dances to various music styles.

Silver Yoga helps increase flexibility, strength, and mobility. Its offered on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and participants report leaving class feeling stretched and invigorated.

Postural Alignment Exercise on Wednesday mornings promotes better function through movement and exercise. Poor posture doesnt just look bad; it affects respiration, digestion and musculoskeletal pain adds Reid.

Want to have access to the gym, track and court games beyond the Free Senior times? Come in for a visit for just a $5 drop-in fee or consider getting a 30-day, 90-day or annual membership which allows the use of the facility anytime we are open to the public, encourages Reid. To find out more about these classes and other programs, sports, activities, trips, events, and more please call 782-5500, ext. 1. Douglas County Community & Senior Center is located at 1329 Waterloo Ln., Gardnerville.

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For many of us, wearable gadgets that track steps, heart rate and other health metrics are a novelty item to play around with for a few weeks. After that, they end up in a drawer to gather dust.

Lisa Gualtieri, an assistant professor at Tufts Medical School, is asking consumers to send her their unwanted Fitbits, Apple Watches and other health-tracking gadgets. Her program, called Recycle Health, collects fitness trackers, refurbishes them and shares them with underserved populations.

Recycle Health, which operates out of the medial school, has already collected more than 5,000 trackers and sent them to non-profit organizations since it got its start in 2015. It has provided the wearables to homeless populations, veterans, senior homes, intellectually disabled adults and others in low income communities.

Gualtieri got the idea when she was preparing a lecture for her students and saw a startling statistic:Surveys from the research firm Gartner suggest that about 30 percent of smart watches and fitness trackers are abandoned. Gualtieri thought it was highly wasteful that these devices so often end up in landfills. She also considered that perhaps they aren't being used in the right ways.

"When the typical person walks into Best Buy and gets a Fitbit on a whim, that's a totally different experience than having the support of health coaches or others in the community who can help with sustained behavior change," she said.

That's particularly true, suggests Gualtieri, for seniors who might need support removing the packaging and setting the devices up, or for those who wouldn't be able to afford one on their own but are motivated to set goals for themselves with the encouragement from their communities.

After Gualtieri had the idea for Recycle Health, she put out a call on social media for people in her network to send her their trackers. And she reached out to companies, like Fitbit, which was recently acquired by Google, to ask them to share older models they couldn't sell. Gualtieri said Fitbit, Fossil and Withings have all sent devices, but Apple has not donated. She has received Apple Watches from individuals, however.

But trackers have come in from some unlikely sources over the years as word has spread. Theme parks are constantly collecting gadgets that the original wearer doesn't come back to claim. In many cases, they fall off people's wrists while riding on the ferris wheel. Recycle Health has also received donations from popular tourist sites, like the Statue of Liberty.

Human resources departments at companies are also sending in devices that aren't being used by employees in wellness programs.

These kinds of programs, which aim to bolster the health of a population and drive down health costs, are increasingly popular with large self-insured employers. But not of all them have been successful, and recent studies are finding that they're not always gaining traction with workers in the long-run.Many employees have shared that they feel pressured to change their behavior by their bosses, creating anxiety.

Gualtieri has a few theories about why some people are motivated and others are not. In her view, the key to making the Recycle Health program successful isn't simply to take trackers and hand them out to people who can't afford them. That might result in the same behavior all over again: People becoming intrigued with the devices for a few weeks, then abandoning them.

Instead, Recycle Health is forging relationships with organizations that serve low-income and vulnerable populations. The goal is to integrate the technology into their existing programs that are already working, and offer the devices on an optional basis.

At HomeFront, a New Jersey homeless shelter for families, the messaging is intentionally different than many corporate wellness programs.

HomeFront's Liza Peck said the team has learned to avoid pushing their population to get fit. Instead, they'll let families know that the trackers are available when they're ready for them. There are also fitness and therapeutic art programs for the families.

"We encourage manageable goals," she said.

The trackers are an experiment and they might not work for everyone. But Peck said it's been "magical" so far in the cases where they have been effective. Oftentimes, it's as simple as providing some motivation for people to walk a little bit more everyday.

She said about 100 people so far have used the trackers, including the kids.

"We recognize that health is often a luxury item," said Peck, who works as a support services liaison. "The people with fewer obstacles in life have more tools."

Other public health experts see a lot of value in programs like Recycle Health, but they also believe that wearable makers need to do more to make their devices less disposable.

Andrey Ostrovsky, the former chief medical officer for the U.S. Medicaid program, points out that Fitbits can't make people "less hungry or cold," so there's a limit to their usefulness for populations in need. But he does see how programs like Recycle Health are well-intentioned and can be helpful for some.

Ultimately, he encourages companies to use their "entrepreneurial smarts" to identify how to create more value for consumers, especially as they continue to partner with health plans and health systems. Apple has a deal with Aetna that involves subsidized Apple Watches, and Fitbit is working with dozens of employers and health plans.

That way, these devices can be free for everyone and used to help them stay active in a "financial sustainable way," he said.

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